a Look at the photos and choose the names of the cities from the box (There are some extra names).

Istanbul Venice Moscow Paris Krakow Sydney London New York San Paulo Tokyo Singapore

1b Match the adjectives 1-10 with their opposites (a-j), choose two or three words to describe each city in the photos. e.g. : London/Paris is …

1 exciting
2 old, ancient
3 huge
4 cold
5 wet

a hot
b dry
c quiet
d modern
e expensive

6 noisy
7 beautiful
8 cheap
9 busy
10 capital

f ugly
g boring
h tiny
i provincial
j peaceful

1c What do you know about San Paulo? Guess if the statements are true or false.

1 San Paulo is huge and noisy.

2 The public transport is expensive.

3 It’s situated in Argentina.

4 It’s famous for soap operas.

5 It’s on the coast.

6 The summers there are wet.

Look through “Ten Facts about San Paulo” and check if you were right.

Ten Facts about San Paulo
· It’s in the south of Brazil.
· It’s a big city.
· It isn’t a capital of Brazil. (Brasilia is the capital.)
· It’s 75 kilometres from the sea.
· In summer, the weather is hot and wet.
· It’s famous for coffee!
· The restaurants are good.
· It isn’t a quiet city.

· San Paulo and Corinthians are football clubs in the city. They’re famous in South America.
· In fact, it’s very noisy. The buses aren’t expensive.

2. Listening

2a Listen to two conversations and answer the questions. Track 01.

1 Are the conversations between:

a) two students?

b) two teachers?

c) a teacher and a student?

2 The situation is:

a) on the phone.

b) in a class.

c) in a café.

2b Listen again and fill in the gaps with the missing words and phrases.

B: Oh, OK. It’s a big city, very beautiful, but very noisy! The mosques are very famous.A: I see. 7) ________ ?B: It’s hot in the summer and it’s wet in winter, 8) ________ .A: Are the restaurants good?B: Yes, they are, very good!

2c Practise the conversations in Ex. 2.a/b and make similar conversations with your partner.

2d Listen to a TV programme I love my city and match the people with the cities. Track 02.

1 Yukako
2 Pablo
3 Stefan
4 Peter

a) Cape Town
b) Chicago
c) Kyoto
d) Lima

2e Listen again and decide if the information below is true (T), false (F) or not mentioned (NM).